9/10 en-: Prefix Meaning “to make”

Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. You may need to add –ed, –ing, or –s to make the word correctly fit in the sentence. Word bank: enable, encircle, endear, enforce, endanger, entrust 1. I hope that our many ballet lessons will ______________ us to do well in the recital!

• enable

• encircle

• endanger

• enforce

People ______________ knights with protecting the weak during the Middle Ages.

• entrusted

• decorated

• challenged

• ignored

Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. You may need to add –ed, –ing, or –s to make the word correctly fit in the sentence. Word bank: enable, encircle, endear, enforce, endanger, entrust 3. There were lots of police cars along the highway this morning to ______________ the seatbelt law.

• enforce

• endanger

• enable

• entrust

Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. You may need to add –ed, –ing, or –s to make the word correctly fit in the sentence. Word bank: enable, encircle, endear, enforce, endanger, entrust 4. You just can’t get mad at puppies—their sweet little eyes and cute noses always ______________ them to anyone they meet.

• endear

• enforce

• enable

• encircle

Swimming during a thunderstorm can ______________ your life because you could be struck by lightning.

• endanger

• enlarge

• encourage

• enlighten

Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. You may need to add –ed, –ing, or –s to make the word correctly fit in the sentence. Word bank: enable, encircle, endear, enforce, endanger, entrust 6. The serfs’ fields ______________ their small houses.

• encircled

• enabled

• endangered

• entrusted

Challenge: Based on what you know about the prefix en- and the English root word close, enclose most likely means:

• to open something

• to make something far away

• to put something inside or surround it

• to break something apart